Russian Geopolitics and Economy Discussions

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We've never claimed to be a "super power" though.

what does that have to do with anything when even superpowers need reliance from others?

Russia is a MIC giant what are you talking about LOL.

Turkiye is just gettting started we are basically rookies in the MIC.

MICs, thats weak move onto photonic integrated circuits its the next cool the Russians are doing.

 

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India’s imports from Russia soar 400% – media

India's imports from Russia have surged 400% so far this fiscal year, fuelled by increasing purchases of discounted sanctioned crude

www.rt.com

India’s imports from Russia soar 400% – media, 02.18.2023.

The surge was triggered by increased purchases of discounted crude oil.

India’s imports from sanctions-hit Russia have leapt by 400% so far this fiscal year, the Nikkei Asia news website reported on Friday, citing the latest data from the Indian Commerce Ministry.

The growth is attributed to large-scale purchases of discounted crude oil from Russia amid Western sanctions, which recently targeted the country’s exports of seaborne oil and petroleum products, including fuel and gasoline.

Russia was reportedly ranked India’s fourth biggest “merchandise import source nation” in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year through March, after China, the United Arab Emirates and the US.

The total value of Indian imports from Russia amounted to $37.31 billion, up from $7.71 billion in the same period a year ago, marking growth of 384%. Russia accounted for 6.2% of the South Asian country’s total imports during the period.

India has bought “a lot of crude, converted it into refined petroleum products and sold it,” Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said, as cited by the media outlet.

India’s exports of petroleum products also saw a significant increase. From April 2022 to January 2023, they amounted to $78.58 billion in monetary terms, compared to $50.77 billion in the corresponding period of the previous financial year.

India, which is the world’s third-biggest oil consumer, importing more than 80% of its requirements, purchased over 60% of its crude from Middle Eastern countries.

In December, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said Indian refiners would go for the best deals wherever they find them.

“I would like to clarify we do not ask our companies to buy Russian oil,” he said. “We ask our companies to buy oil that is the best option that they can get. Now, it depends on what the market throws up.”

 

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The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully

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The August Coup.
Marxist - Leninist rule in Russia lasted 74 years, and in August 1991 it effectively collapsed in just three days: clear evidence of how
hollowed out it had become. In the period that followed, Russia tried parliamentary democracy and unalloyed capitalism, then sank back into autocracy. Now it’s struggling under a wholly unnecessary war against its neighbour and former possession, Ukraine.